Pin ticket



Jan. 18, 1944; .1. B. WATERS I PIN TICKET Filed May 3, 1941 INVENTORdomes bWafens ATTORNEYS y [Y Patented Jan. 18, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIClE PIN TICKET James B. Waters, Chicago, 111., assignor to A.

Kimball Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York 1Application May 3, 1941, Serial No. 391,621

1 Claim. (01. 24-86) Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the ticketattached to the merchandise and suspended on a rod.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the ticket.

Figure 3 is a plan view of another form of ticket.

Referring to the drawing, the invention is illustrated in Figures 1 and2 as embodied in a so-called folding pin ticket. In such tickets thewire staple I having attaching pins 2 is attached at one end of the bodyportion 3 of the ticket, and a fold line 4 is provided between theportion 3 and the portion 5. The portion 5 is provided with a slot 6through which the pins 2 are passed after passing through themerchandise. A flap l is then folded over the clinched ends of the pinsand is inserted in the slot 8 so that the pins are covered and protectedso long as the ticket is attached to the merchandise.

According to the present invention the body portions of the ticket areperforated to provide registering apertures l0 and a slit H is cut fromthe folded edge to the apertures. Thus, after the ticket is attached tothe merchandise, by bending the ticket slightly, the slit may be openedto admit a rod I 2 or other suitable supporting means to the aperture.When the slit is closed again the aperture surrounds the supportingmeans and suspends the ticket and attached merchandise for displaypurposes. The ticket may be removed from the supporting means, ofcourse, by reopening the slit.

The invention may also be embodied in the common form of pin ticketillustrated in Figure 3. In this case an aperture [3 is formed in theticket and a slit I4 is cut from the edge of the ticket to the aperture.The operation of the ticket is the same as before.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified andembodied within the scope of the subjoined claim.

I claim as my invention:

A folding pin ticket having a body portion comprising two sectionsseparated by a'fold line, each of said sections having an apertureformed therein spaced equidistantly from said fold line and aligned withrespect to said iold line so that said apertures are in register whensaid sections are in folded position, said sections also having a slitformed therein extendingfrom said fold line into each of said apertures,a wire staple attached to one of said sections adjacent the free endthereof, said staple having attaching pins passing through said othersection to hold a piece of merchandise between said sections at theopposite end of the ticket from said apertures, whereby said ticket andattached merchandise may be suspended by engagement of the apertured endof said ticket with a suitable support, and said other section having anend flap folded JAMES B. WATERS.

